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Schalke 04; Full name: Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V. Nickname(s) Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues) Die Knappen (The Miners) Short name: S04: Founded: 4 May 1904; 119 years ago () as Westfalia Schalke: Ground: Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen: Capacity: 62,273: Chairman: Jens Buchta: Head coach: Karel Geraerts: League: 2. Bundesliga ...
- 4 May 1904; 119 years ago as Westfalia Schalke
- 2. Bundesliga
Along with the name change came the new blue-and-white jerseys, which were the basis for the club's most famous nickname: the Royal Blues. Four years later they could build their first stadium, Glückauf-Kampfbahn with a 40,000 capacity.
Jul 9, 2023 · FC Schalke 04 Years in Bundesliga: 54 (1963-1981, 1982/83, 1984-88, 1991-2021, 2022/23) Most appearances: Klaus Fichtel (477) Most goals: Klaus Fischer (182)
1912: The club gains entry to the league. 1924: The club changes its name to FC Schalke 04. 1926: Schalke are promoted to the highest regional league, the Gauliga Ruhr. 1928: The club builds its first stadium, the Glückauf-Kampfbahn. 1933: Schalke reach the German championship final for the first time but lose 3-0 to Fortuna Düsseldorf.
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In 2001, for four glorious minutes, Schalke were Bundesliga champions for the first time. Then, in the blink of an eye, the title was taken away from them in the cruellest possible fashion, as a goal from Bayern Munich's Patrik Andersson at Hamburg, in the final seconds of the season's last game, gave the Bavarians the championship and condemned Sc...
FC Schalke 04’s earliest presence as a sports club dates back to its founding as Westphalia Schalke on 4 May 1904 (hence the 04 in the club’s name), and their first kit was red and yellow. However, after a series of mergers with other sports clubs alongside various name changes, Schalke’s football department broke away in 1924 to form the club as i...
Around the same time as the Royal Blue moniker caught on, Schalke also gained another nickname: Die Knappen, an old German word for miners, on account of the strong support they received from local mine workers in Gelsenkirchen that made up both their fanbase and playing staff. Ernst Kuzorra, perhaps Schalke’s most famous player and the man whose n...
German clubs’ commitment to giving young players a chance to impress in the Bundesliga is well known, but few clubs have a better record in this department than Schalke. The Royal Blues academy – known as Die Knappenschmiede – has been the classroom for countless star names to have emerged since the turn of the century. The likes of Manuel Neuer, M...
Fast forward three quarters of a century from Kuzorra's heyday and Schalke are on the brink of winning a first ever European competition. Under Huub Stevens, The Royal Blues get past Valencia and Tenerife before facing Italian giants Inter Milan in the final. They win the first leg 1-0 courtesy of a Marc Wilmots goal and lose the second leg at the ...
The setting: Signal Iduna Park. The occasion Dortmund vs Schalke, Matchday 13 of the 2017/18 season. A quarter of the game in and Borussia were 4-0 up and 80,000 fans in black-and-yellow were already thinking about how they'd run this into their Royal Blue friends and colleagues. Then came the second half, when the world seemed to turn on its axis....
In the dugout that day was Domenico Tedesco, appointed Schalke boss in the summer of 2017 as the second-youngest head coach in Germany top-flight history behind Julian Nagelsmann. Appointing Tedesco turned out to be a masterstroke, as the young coach showed tremendous tactical nous to get the best out of players such as Leon Goretzka, Max Meyer and...
Another well-known academy graduate is a young man currently impressing in the first team. USA international Weston McKennie is one of the club’s prized assets, having joined the academy in 2016, he reached the semi-finals of his first U19 Bundesliga season before successfully making the leap to the first team. The Texas native is also the latest i...
Schalke’s traditional home, the Parkstadion, is remembered fondly by the fans, but its replacement, the VELTINS Arena, is one of the finest arenas in the world. Atmospheric, modern and innovative, it has a fully retractable pitch that allows the stadium to be used as a concert venue while avoiding damage to the turf. The ground was also the venue f...
German Championship Winners (7): 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1958 DFB Cup Winners (5):1937, 1972, 2001, 2002, 2011 UEFA Cup Winners (1):1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners (2):2003, 2004 Leading Bundesliga goalscorer:Klaus Fischer, 182 Leading Bundesliga appearance-maker:Klaus Fichtel, 477 Click here for the latest Schalke news and features!
They took the name FC Schalke 04 and adopted the now familiar blue and white kit from which their second nickname would derive, Die Königsblauen (English: The Royal Blues). The following year, the club became a prominent local side, based on their performance that included short, sharp passing to move the ball.
Feb 13, 2021 · Schalke 04 Nickname: Their nicknames are Die Konigsblauen, which means; The Royal Blues or Die Knappen, which means; The Miners . Fans nicknamed Schalke 04 The Miners due to the Ruhr area’s industrial heritage.
